Gibson's No-Hitter Leads Barnums Into CCBL Championship Game

The 2024 Bridgeport Barnums 

Cole Gibson pitched a no-hitter to lead the Bridgeport Barnums to a 5-0 win over the Waterbury Silverbacks in the Connecticut College Baseball League Winners Bracket Final on Saturday morning at Seaside Park in Bridgeport. 

Gibson allowed a leadoff walk in the top of the first inning and nothing more, while striking out 10. 

The only other baserunner reached on an error in the sixth inning, but Gibson was able to work out of it. 

Offensively, the Barnums on the board in the second inning.  

Blake Benway led off the inning with a single. Two batters later, Kieran Shea singled to put two on. 

After a walk loaded the bases, Sebastian Sampieri hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Benway and put Bridgeport up 1-0. 

The Barnums broke the game open in the fourth, scoring three times, all with two outs. 

With runners on first and second, Yeudy Ramirez singled to right to bring in Christian Nilsen. The next batter, Ian Nilsen, doubled to left to bring in two more. 

The Barnums capped the scoring in the sixth when Ian Nilsen singled to left to bring home Ramirez. 

That offense was more than enough for Gibson, who struck out two of three in the ninth, with the game ending on a groundout to Ramirez at shortstop. 

Bridgeport will play in the CCBL Championship on Monday at Memorial Park in Simbury at 6:30pm. The opponent is TBD. If the Barnums win that game, they are the champions. If they lose on Monday, the two teams play a winner-take-all game on Tuesday. 


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